Thread: Wrong HD axle drive flanges?

Hi mudder,

I fitted my rear locker and true trac front diffs about a year and a half ago and now wouldn't do without them. The smile that I have every time I just idle through nasty cross-axle sections where previously I would have to carry a lot of momentum, or cruise up hillclimbs that would have been impossible with open diffs is well worth the $1200 they cost, and half a day of fitting!! I find that you can drive obstacles with a lot more precision, and at the same time being much kinder to your vehicle. They seem to be bulletproof, barely noticeable onroad, and you don't have to worry about switching your traction on and off. I would highly recommend for pretty much any defender that is driven offroad.

Originally Posted by purt

Thanks all, I have worked out what's going on...

I pulled one flange and halfshaft out to measure and compare with LowRanger's measurements, and noticed on the end of the shaft and on the flange was stamped "MDE 1724x" and "MDE 859x" respectively. With Jock having mentioned Maxi Drive, this got me thinking, and after a bit of searching, soon found these part numbers in the Hi Tough Engineering section of the Les Richmond Automotive site!
I was pleasantly surprised, as I can now cross heavy duty rear halfshafts off my Landy list, and will just need to order some more flanges!!

Was going to suggest pulling them out and checking for a part number, I remember seeing them on mine.

Make sure you mention that you have the older style half shafts with the slightly longer axle. The last set of Hi Tough axles I fitted (to my old mans 130) are a slightly shorter rear axle so that the four flanges were all the same size.

Hopefully for you they still sell the deeper flanges